Curriculum Vitae ABDULKAREEM ALHASSAN Office address: Department of Economics, Federal University Lafia, PMB 146 Lafia, , . Tel: +2348086180947, +2348036832531 Email Address: [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] Institutional Affiliation: Department of Economics, Federal University Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Rank/Designation: Lecturer II.

A. PERSONAL DETAILS Name Abdulkareem ALHASSAN Date of birth: 6th July, 1984 Place of birth: Ningurume Sex: Male Marital status: Married Local Government Area: Baruten State of origin: Kwara Nationality: Nigerian International Languages Spoken: English, Yoruba, Hausa and Batonum, Hobbies: Reading, teaching and travelling

B. EDUCATION i. Institutions attended with dates Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimağusa, North Cyprus 2017-2021 University of , Ilorin, Nigeria: 2013-2016 University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria: 2007-2010 KM Computer Institute Fate, Ilorin, Nigeria 2007 Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin: 2005-2006 Government Secondary School, Gwanara: 1998-2004 BALGEA Primary School, Ningurume: 1992-1998

ii. Qualifications obtained with dates Ph.D. Economics (Awaiting Certificate) Master of Science (M.sc) Economics (Distinction): 2015 Bachelor of Science (B.sc) Economics (Second Class Upper Division): 2010 Certificate in general computing: 2007 IJMB A-level result (15 out of 16 points): 2006 West African Senior School Certificate (WASSCE): 2004 First School Leaving Certificate: 1998

C. WORKING EXPERIENCE Lecturer (Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria): July 30, 2012-Present Resource person (Tutor), Advanced Diploma in Economics and Public Finance, FULafia Consult Ltd., Federal University of Lafia, March 8, 2017-Sept 30, 2017 NYSC Teacher (GDSS Famfo Goma, Hadejia, Jigawa, Nigeria): 03/2011-02/2012

D. FUNCTIONS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAFIA (FULafia) i. Undergraduate Teaching ECO812 Applied Econometrics (2016/2017 Session) ECO 312 Intermediate Macroeconomics I(2016/2017 Session) ECO 322 Intermediate Macroeconomics II (2016/2017 Session) ECO314 Introductory Econometrics I (2016/2017 Session) ECO112 Introduction to Statistics I (2016/2017 Session) ECO314 Introductory Econometrics I (2015/2016 Session) ECO324 Introductory Econometrics II (2015/2016 Session) ECO112 Introduction to Statistics I (2015/2016 Session) ECO122 Introduction to Statistics II (2015/2016 Session) ECO213 Elements of statistics I (2015/2016 Session) ECO223 Elements of statistics II (2015/2016 Session) ECO111 Economic Theory/Principles I (2012/13 Session)

ii. Undergraduate project supervision Effect of foreign aid on economic growth in Africa (Arave, N.A., 2017) Oil price instability and industrial sector output in Nigeria (Onuah, K.O.,2017) Role of foreign direct investment on inclusive growth in Nigeria (Ewa, B.A., 2016). Impact of fiscal policy on poverty and unemployment in Nigeria (Emeeka, F. U., 2016) Impact of monetary policy on poverty and unemployment in Nigeria (Gambo, Y., 2016)

iii. Administrative Appointments/Committee Membership Member Seminar committee (Department of Economics, FULafia, 16/11/2016) Member, Timetable Committee (Department of Economics, FULafia,16/11/2016). Member, Student Advisory Committee (Department of Economics, FULafia,16/11/2016). Member, Research Committee (Department of Economics, FULafia, 16/11/2016) Level Adviser (200 Level), Department of Economics, FULafia, 2016 Chairman, Welfare Committee (Department of Economics, FULafia, 16/11/2016) Member, Publicity and Mobilization Subcommittee (2016 International Conference, Faculty of Social Sciences, FULafia, January 27, 2016). Member, Faculty Student Advisory Committee (Faculty of Social Sciences, FULafia, May 19, 2017) Member, Faculty Environmental Committee (Faculty of Social Sciences, FULafia, May 19, 2017) Member, Faculty Welfare Committee (Faculty of Social Sciences, FULafia, May 19, 2017) Member, Library and Development Committee (Federal University of Lafia), June, 2021- Present).

iv. Scholarship(s) and Prize(s) Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Sponsorship Award, Ph.D. Economics at Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus Sept, 2017-March, 2021 v. Honours & Distinctions Publication Award by Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus. vi. Membership of Learned Societies Regular Member, American Economic Association

E. PUBLICATIONS i. Papers published (peer reviewed) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus and Emerging Source Indexed papers, and Other Peer Reviewed Papers 1. Solarin, S. A., Nathaniel, S. P., Bekun, F. V., Okunola, A. M., & Alhassan, A (2021). Towards achieving environmental sustainability: environmental quality versus economic growth in a developing economy on ecological footprint via dynamic simulations of ARDL. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-18. 2. Okwanya, I., Alhassan, A., Migap, J. P., & Sunday, S. A. (2020). Evaluating renewable energy choices among rural communities in Nigeria. An insight for energy policy. International Journal of Energy Sector Management. doi 10.1108/IJESM- 12-2019-0001. 3. Alhassan, A., Usman, O., Ike, G. N., & Sarkodie, S. A. (2020). Impact assessment of trade on environmental performance: accounting for the role of government integrity and economic development in 79 countries. Heliyon, 6(9), e05046. 4. Seraj, M., Bahramian, P., Alhassan, A., & Shahabad, R. D. (2020). The validity of Rodrik’s conclusion on real exchange rate and economic growth: factor priority evidence from feature selection approach. Palgrave Communications, 6(1), 1-6. 5. Tiwari, A. K., Padhan, H., Alhassan, A., & Bekun, F. V. (2020). Investigating the stationarity hypothesis of Gross Domestic Product per capita in Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent State countries: Evidence using Fourier based panel KPSS test. Journal of Public Affairs, 20(3), e2104. 6. Alhassan, A., & Payaslıoğlu, C. (2020). Institutions and bilateral trade in Africa: an application of Poisson’s estimation with high-dimensional fixed effects to structural gravity model. Applied Economics Letters, 27(16), 1357-1361. 7. Alhassan, A., & Kilishi, A. A. (2019). Weak economic institutions in Africa: a destiny or design?. International Journal of Social Economics, 46(7) 904-919. 8. Kida, M. I., Liberty, S., Alhassan, A., & Alade, A. S. (2019). An Analysis of Nigerian Recession. Management Studies and Economic Systems, 4(1), 19-28. 9. Adofu, I. & Alhassan A. (2018). Insecurity and Economic Development in Nigeria, Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 9(18), 101-111. 10. Abdu, M., Buba, A., & Alhassan, A. (2018). Macroeconomic Stability and Inclusive Growth in Nigeria: A Cointegration Approach. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(3), 370-389. 11. Alhassan A. & Ugwuoke, W. O. (2018). Religiosity, Institutions and Corruption in Africa, Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 9(18), 145-151. 12. Adofu I. & Alhassan A. (2017). Impact of interest rates deregulation on gross domestic investment in Nigeria (1970-2015), Journal of Economics and Development Studies, 4(1) 111-143. 13. Alhassan A. & Abdu, M. (2017). Socio-Economic Determinants of Health Status in Nigeria: A Case Study of Ilorin Metropolis, Lafia Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 2(1), 277-292 14. Alhassan, A., & Alade, A. S. (2017). Income and Democracy in Sub-Sahara Africa, Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 8(18), 67-73 15. Alhassan A & Kilishi A.A (2016). Analyzing oil price macroeconomic relationship in Nigeria. Central bank of Nigeria journal of applied statistics, 7(1), 1-22 16. Okwanya I., Alhassan A. & Ogbu, M. (2015). Economic linkage between energy consumption and poverty reduction; implication for sustainable development in Nigeria. International Journal of Innovative Social Sciences & Humanities Research 3(2):113-120. 17. Alhassan, A., Adamu, M. S., & Safiyanu, S. S. (2021). Finance-led growth hypothesis for Asia: an insight from new data. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 1-20. 18. Seraj, M., Mar’I, M., Alhassan, A. (2021). Causality between oil prices and exchange rates: a quantile-on-quantile analysis. Journal of Energy Markets 14(2), 1–13 19. Alhassa, A. (2021). Overview of Mercantilism. In I. Adofu (Ed.), Compendium of History of Economic thoughts,Gwatex Publishers, , Nigeria. ii. Research project/ theses Alhassan, A. (2015). An analysis of the determinants of quality of economic institutions in Africa. M.sc Economics research dissertation. Department of Economics, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Alhassan, A. (2021) Institutional quality, bilateral trade and global value chains in Africa. Ph.D. Thesis: Department of Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Alhassan, A. (2010). Impact of rural-urban migration on socio-economic development of Baruten local government area of Kwara state. B.sc Economics research project, Department of Economics, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. iii. Seminars and conferences attended

1. Alhassan, A., & Payaslıoğlu, C. (2021) Heterogeneous Effects of Institutional Quality on Bilateral trade in Africa. 5th International Conference on Banking and Finance Perspectives, Famagusta, North Cyprus. 2. Alao, R.O, Payaslıoğlu, C. & Alhassan, A. (2020). Oil price volatility and industrial production Nexus in OPEC+ countries NIER International Conference, Kollam, India, May 3, 2020 3. International Conference on Eurasian Economies Gazimaguza, KKT (North Cyprus), Participant, June 11-13, 2019 4. Abdu. M, Alhassan, A. & Buba A. (2014). Inclusive growth and Macroeconomic stability in Nigeria, Nigerian economic society conference, , Nigeria. September 22, 2014. 5. Alhassan, A. & Ogwuoke, O. W (2016). Religiosity, institutions and corruption in Africa. Federal University Lafia (FULAFIA) 2nd conference, Lafia, Nigeria. February 3, 2016. 6. Alade, S. O. Alhassan, A. (2016). Information asymmetry and income distribution. Federal University Lafia (FULAFIA) 2nd conference, Lafia, Nigeria. February 4, 2016. 7. Onaji-Benson, T. & Alhassan, A. (2016). Institutional environment and foreign direct investment in Nigeria. Federal University Lafia (FULAFIA) 2nd conference, Lafia. February 3, 2016. F. WORKSHOPS ATTENDED Three-day training workshop on research proposal writing for academic and senior non- teaching staff of Federal University of Lafia (July 23-25, 2012) A five-day workshop on panel data analysis using Stata organized by Department of Economics University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, September, 2014 A five-day workshop on survey data analysis using Stata organized by Department of Economics University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, April, 2015 A five-day workshop on time series data analysis using EVIEWS organized by Department of Economics University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, July, 2014

G. COMMUNITY SERVICE/LEADERSHIP POSITIONS Proprietor (community), Bonaburonu Community Secondary School, Ningurume, Baruten, LGA, Kwara State, Nigeria (2017-Present). General Secretary (Ningurume progressive Union, 2013-Present) Presiding officer, 2011 General Elections, Zonagalari (Kantin Kasim) polling unit, Hadejia, Jigawa State, Nigeria. Member (National Youth Service Corps /Federal road safety corps Club, 2011-2012) Member (Nigerian economics students’ association UNILORIN chapter, 2007-2010) Member (Judicial Council ABSS UNILORIN, 2010) President (National association of Ningurume students, 2007-2009) Auditor general (National association of Ningurume students, 2004-2006) H. ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS Proficiency in the use of computer (Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, etc.) Proficient in using Statistical Package Programs (E-views, Stata, Gretl, SPSS, GAUSS, RATS, CATS and Jumuti). Novice in using MATLAB, Python and R. Proficient in the analysis of primary and secondary data. Effective communication and listening skills. Proven leadership and team spirit. Ability to work professionally with people. Honesty, transparency and integrity.

I. REFEREES Prof. Dr. Cem Eşref Payaslioğlu Office Address: Room BE27, Department of Economics Faculty of Business and Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagusa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Tel: +90 392 630 2734, E-Mail: [email protected]

Professor Shehu Abdul RAHAMAN Former Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria. Office Address: Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Tel: +2348034370479, E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Abdullahi Abdulhakeem KILISHI Office address: Head of Department, Department of Economics, University of Ilorin, PMB 1515, Ilorin, Nigeria. Tel: +2348050221980, +2348037949550. Email: [email protected]

Dr. Ilemona ADOFU Office address: Department of Economics, Federal University of Lafia, PMB 136 Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Tel +2347037359880, Email: [email protected]